Episode 13

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13th Aug 2022

The Body Snatchers (1942)

The story is set in 19th century England and is told by Cameron Fergus a drunk and a resurrection man. Poor Cameron Fergus lulled in to the crime of accessory after the fact. Controlled by men wiser in ways of vice than he, who would soon involve him as accessory before the fact. Most doctors of those days were not abut to be trouble about the material they dissected only the few who trafficked in procuring the illegal material were involved in matters of conscience and most of them sad to say found rich enough rewards to still what small worm of morality might squirm within their hearts. The resurrectionists were well paid and those who bought the dreadful merchandise each made their own defences. Adapted for radio from the Robert Louis Stevenson Classic The Body Snatcher (1884)Stars E. G. Marshall

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Night Shift Radio Presents: SUSPENSE!
A rebroadcast of the original CBS Radio Show
This is a rebroadcast of the original Suspense! Radio Show. Suspense is a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from 1940 through 1962. One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" and focused on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading Hollywood actors of the era. Approximately 945 episodes were broadcast during its long run, and more than 900 still exist.

Suspense went through several major phases, characterized by different hosts, sponsors, and director/producers. Formula plot devices were followed for all but a handful of episodes: the protagonist was usually a normal person suddenly dropped into a threatening or bizarre situation; solutions were "withheld until the last possible second"; and evildoers were usually punished in the end.

In its early years, the program made only occasional forays into science fiction and fantasy. Notable exceptions include adaptations of Curt Siodmak's Donovan's Brain and H. P. Lovecraft's "The Dunwich Horror", but by the late 1950s, such material was regularly featured. - via Wikipedia

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